"The mystery is that the ethnics are fellow heirs," Ephesians 3:6.
The ethnics. Who's that? The New Testament presents two distinct peoples: on the one hand, the Jews, on the other hand, everybody else. Everybody else is the ethnics, the Gentiles. If you're not Jewish, you're ethnics. Now, God made all sorts of excellent promises to specific ancestors of the Jews. But God hid from all peoples that the ethnics would inherit the same promises, too. Gentiles are fellow heirs. They are parts of the same body as the Jewish heirs. How do we know this? God's new message: the gospel. Preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ unhides the mystery by inviting any and all to the faith of Christ. Jesus's messengers proclaim the promise of most excellent life for all who believe in the Good News. Jew and Gentile, alike. Mystery revealed.
Today we meet with a brother or sister in the joy of assured promises in Christ. And, together, we give thanks to God for including us all together in his for ever plans!
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